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Lalitpur, India
City in Uttar Pradesh, India / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For other places with the same name, see Lalitpur.
Lalitpur is a city and a municipal board in Lalitpur District, India in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. It is also district headquarters of Lalitpur district. The city is part of Bundelkhand region.
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Lalitpur | |
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City | |
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Coordinates: 24.69°N 78.41°E / 24.69; 78.41 | |
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State | Uttar Pradesh |
District | Lalitpur |
Elevation | 428 m (1,404 ft) |
Population (2011) | |
• Total | 133,305[1] |
• Density | 242/km2 (630/sq mi) |
Languages | |
• Official | Hindi |
Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
Vehicle registration | UP-94 |
Sex ratio | 0.917[2] ♂/♀ |
Website | www |
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Raja Sumer Singh, a chieftain from Central India, is said to have founded Lalitpur, and named it after his queen Lalita Devi, who cured him of a snake that lodged in his stomach, of which story parallels are heard in several places, {see Cunningham’s Archaeological Report, Vol. X)